Boots and Saddles

Director: Joseph Kane Joseph Kane

Overview

In this western, a prissy English lord takes over his newly-inherited western ranch. The stuffy greenhorn is in way over his head, but fortunately, Gene Autry and his sidekick are there to show him the ropes.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/24/2022
UPC:	0885444492761
Original Release:	1937
Language:	English
Sales rank:	66,535

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Gene Autry	Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette	Frog Millhouse
Judith Allen	Bernice Allen
Gordon Elliott	Jim Neale,Actor
Ronald Sinclair	Spud
Guy Usher	Col. Allen
John Ward	Wyndham
Frankie Marvin	Shorty,Juan
Stanley Blystone	Sergeant
Bud Osborne	Joe Larkins
Nelson McDowell	process server
Chris-Pin Martin	Juan
Ra Hould	Spud
Bob Reeves	cowboy
Al Taylor	henchman

Technical Credits

Oliver Drake

Joseph Kane	Director
Sol C. Siegel	Producer
Oliver Drake	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

An extremely entertaining Gene Autry Western, Boots and Saddles goes a long way to explain the "Autry phenomenon, " a Depression-era quirk that tends to puzzle many a modern viewer. As opposed to the majority of low-budget oaters, this fast-paced Autry effort simply has everything -- good songs, including Autry's own "Give Me My Boots and Saddles"; eye-popping stunts, such as a branch-snapping "mistake" that turns out to be an indigenous method of disabling two henchmen in one fell swoop; and best of all, true comedy, not the usual sidekick routines that tended to bring a B-Western to a screeching halt. In one hilarious scene, Autry, William Elliott, and Guy Usher deliver their lines at the top of their lungs after Gene has been convinced by a duplicitous Judith Allen that her father, the colonel, is hard of hearing. Autry even takes a pratfall or two! Boy violinist Ra Hould later changed his name to Ronald Sinclair and became a film editor for low-budget producer/director Roger Corman. A Freddie Bartholomew type with a penchant for stuffiness, even Hould is fairly tolerable here.